A group of AGs from several states will investigate if TikTok is harmful to young adults and if the company was aware of such harms. The states include: •Massachusetts •California •Florida •Kentucky •Nebraska •New Jersey •Tennessee •Vermont
A bipartisan group of attorneys general launched an investigation Thursday into whether TikTok is harming children and teens' mental health.Massachusetts, California, Florida, Kentucky, Nebraska, New Jersey, Tennessee and Vermont will investigate if using TikTok is harmful to young adults, and if TikTok was aware about such harms, per an announcement from Massachusetts AG Maura Healey.
Questions about TikTok misinformation are on the rise as well, exacerbated by people posting about the Russian invasion of Ukraine.“As children and teens already grapple with issues of anxiety, social pressure, and depression, we cannot allow social media to further harm their physical health and mental wellbeing,” Massachusetts attorney general Maura Healey said in a release.
“State attorneys general have an imperative to protect young people and seek more information about how companies like TikTok are influencing their daily lives.” "We care deeply about building an experience that helps to protect and support the well-being of our community, and appreciate that the state attorneys general are focusing on the safety of younger users," a TikTok spokesperson said in a statement to Axios. "We look forward to providing information on the many safety and privacy protections we have for teens."
President Joe Biden said during his State of the Union address Wednesday that social media platforms must be held accountable "for the national experiment they're conducting on our children for profit" and called for increased privacy protections, a ban on targeted advertising to children and a stop to collecting personal data on children.
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